Sydney J. Harris

"Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better."

"Almost no one is foolish enough to imagine that he automatically deserves great success in any field of activity; yet almost everyone believes that he automatically deserves success in marriage."

"The whole purpose of education is to turn mirrors into windows."

"When I hear somebody sigh, 'Life is hard,' I am always tempted to ask, 'Compared to what?'"